Prerequisites

What is the .NET framework 3.5?
The .NET Framework is Microsoft's platform for building applications.
For more explanations on .NET, go here).
Akin requires version 3.5 SP1 of the platform to run.
To check if is already installed on your machine, open the
control panel, and look in the add/remove programs section.
If the list does not contain an item named
"Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1",
you will need to download and install it first.
Beware: installing the framework usually takes a long time
(15 minutes), and will require that you restart your machine.

Akin

Akin is a free application which tracks the differences between Excel worksheets.